Locked, Loaded, Liberal, and Lesbian

She's America's leading lefty wonk, complete with chunky glasses, Ph.D., and a
deep faith in activist government. But Rachel Maddow is also, a little
unexpectedly, totally into guns.

Well, maybe not totally unexpected if the liberal you are talking to has actually taken the time to read the U.S. Constitution, understands the roots of violence (it's more likely associated with booze than bullets), knows statistics and American history, and has been to a firing range a few times.

11 comments:

"I pity the foo'" who argues about Rachel Maddow's intelligence. She has the unerring ability to take large, cumbersome topics and distill them down into doable doses. I love when she says, "Now, here's why this is important."

Oh SURE this was posing. 100% It was a photo shoot. That's the name of the game at a photo shoot.

What kind of gun do you think that is?

I think it could be her own gun, and that it might be an antique model rifle (or remake) circa 1870-1900 or so. I could see her going with some high-caliber repro-history piece. The thing that makes me think I am wrong, of course, is the hose clamp hanging off the barrel. Is that what that is? Hard to believe, but I am not a gun guy soooo... your guess WILL be better than mine!

Dunno, but apparently when she lived in New York she shot weekly and would sort of brow beat the young interns to go shooting... became like a bowling league. She thinks the left should know about guns. One thing for sure is that at a photo shoot, you do not control much. I was at one for a book a few months back and was put in what I suspect was a ridiculous pose, but the subject 's job is to follow directions. Real photographers of this kind are incredibly bossy, and he/she may have thought glasses and ear protection covered up the money shot, which is Maddow, not sports equipment.

The fact that she is wearing make-up should tell you "posed." She's not a make-up kinda girl.

Anyway, she is indeed a fan of shooting. Her first date with her girlfriend was at an NRA event. She thought, "Wow, weird, but ... let's do it." The girlfriend's sister is a conservative and an NRA member.